Soil depth and climatic effects on desert vegetation dynamics

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Khumalo, Godfrey ^a   Holechek, Jerry ^a   Thomas, Milt ^a   Molinar, Francisco ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush control; Drought; Grazing; Herbicides; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; HERBICIDE; LEGUME; RANGELAND; SOIL DEPTH; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 62149095765     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-077.1     Document Type: Article

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